Xico Sá

Francisco Reginaldo de Sá Menezes, also known as Xico Sá, (born 6 October 1962) is a Brazilian journalist and writer. He was born in Crato, Ceará and grew up in Recife, where he began his career.

Xico Sá is the author of more than a dozen books, including Big Jato (2012) which was nominated for the São Paulo Prize for Literature.

He has collaborated to the newspapers Folha de S. Paulo, Diário do Nordeste, and O Tempo, among others. In television, he was a panelist for programs such as Saia Justa and Papo de Segunda for GNT, and Cartão Verde for TV Cultura.

Selected works Modos de macho & Modinhas de Fêmea - Editora Record (2003) Divina Comédia da Fama - Editora Objetiva (2004) Catecismo de Devoções, Intimidades & Pornografias - Editora do Bispo (2006) Chabadabadábadu - Editora Record (2010) Big Jato -. Companhia das Letras (2012) O Livro das Mulheres Extraordinárias - Editora Três Estrelas (2014) Sertão Japão - Editora Casa de Irene (2018) A falta: Memórias de um goleiro - Tusquets editores (2022)